Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition Steve Wiggins & Sharada Keats Overseas Development Institute
[email protected] 20 March 2013 Report commissioned by the Hunger Alliance Acknowledgements We’d like to thank members of the Hunger Alliance who gave us such useful feedback on a presentation of the main ideas in the report on 25 November 2012, and commented on an earlier draft report. Also thanks to Helen Hynes from ODI’s Agricultural Development and Policy team for valuable assistance. This research was commissioned and funded by the Hunger Alliance, a joint DFID-NGO consortium which addresses food insecurity and undernutrition and promotes predictable long term responses to food insecurity. Members include: ActionAid, Action Against Hunger UK, British Red Cross, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision UK; Department for International Development. HA publications and events are not funded by and do not represent the opinion of DFID. Overseas Development Institute Disclaimer: The views presented in this paper 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of ODI or organisations Tel: +44 (0)20 7922 0300 that have sponsored and supported the work; Fax: +44 (0)20 7922 0399 they, including any errors and omissions, are www.odi.org.uk the responsibility of the authors alone. Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition Contents Contents i Tables, figures & boxes ii Abbreviations